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  • old fat cow

  • She sounds BETTER than Madonna!

  • What a fuckin disgrace.

  • WOW.... THAT'S ALL...

  • Where is beauty if not in the heart and soul.....and so is hurt and pain which Susan so obviously bears. Her voice is her beauty.

  • Where is beauty if not in the heart and soul....this is true beauty.

  • I didn't know how this was going to sound, but I'm relatively surprised. She's no Madonna, but I think she did a very good job singing this.

  • GO GIRL UR MUM WOULD BE PROUD XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

  • NO ONE LIKE MADONNA, SHE SUCS

  • your soooo amazing n unbelieveable talented... :)!!!! <3 you Susan.

  • muito vibrato na voz...não gostei....no momento de usar os vibratos ela não o fez.

  • Great voice and nice production. No need to stand in anyones shadow.

  • She sings from her very soul!

  • what a good version of this song,by a singer who does not require a circus to sell records!

  • I like more the Madonnas version

  • great cover of the original. love both of them!

  • much better than Madonnas version

  • I think as she/susan was a joke at the start cause of her looks...alot of it looks into the deeper picture that shes great!shes good..leave it at that.Eva cassidy was a great singer,never mind madonna or susan but i love this song,words are beautiful.

  • Madonna is much better at this..i admire susan,scottish myself but the guy above says it all.Madonna sounds more from the heart...this is good but very theatre.

  • Susan you are not Madonna but ... you are good to

  • Oh, Susan Boyle your voice is very beautiful

  • was also beautiful in her voice!!!

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  • i like madonna, but susan is very good!

  • Better than madonna!

  • whaaaat? No way! Susan is a great singer, but the Madonna version is EPIC!

    You can't compare!

  • what nice clear rendition of this song!

  • Maravilhosaaaaa quem é Madonna mesmo? heheheh

  • there so many song that Susan cover very well.....But i clearly know Madonna sing this song better

  • yikes !.i don't like it AT ALL...*thumbs down*..Madonna still the best.

    if i'm not knowing the singer..i simply guess the singer is an old lady.

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  • Meu Deus que voz maravilhosa!!!

  • vc não perde nada pra nossa querida madona.maravilhoso ouvir vc interpretando essa musica.adorei.parabens.

  • ¡ He escuchado las dos versiones de estas canciones y Susan Boyle no le pide favor a Madonna, in creibles artistas las dos me gustan felicidades Susan Boyle.

  • gostei, muito bom

  • Yeah its ok - but she can do much better than this. I've not heard anything from her that is nearly as good as cry me a river. She made it the definitive version. Only Frank could do that.  He killed a song for everyone else. Can she swing? I think she can. Who is choosing this material? I bet Simon Cowell has a strong influence.

  • I think that Susan has a better voice, more pure than modonnas...but i think that the phrasing from madonna is more beatifull. But both are great singers! No doubt about that!

  • Good Susan!!!

  • wow ...madonna should be flattered..this could be broadway!!!

  • what a lovely version of this song!!

  • madonna co wrote this song; she made it; she sings it much better; listen to it!!!!!!! you don´t know what are you saying!!!

  • @chrismad77 Madonna wrote the song,so what?sorry but Subo sings it better!!

  • madonna sings bertter this song.... you idiot!!

  • Susan Boyle has a much better voice than Madonna, it is classicaly trained, Madonna is just some home girl.

    Madonna can wish, to sing like Susan...however it wont come true

  • Madonna's version is way better I love madonna's voice better but i can't say that this version is bad..

  • @HumansLib

    I disagree - she's brilliant! She has soul! She sings from genuine suffering and she HAS truth on her side! Madonna is famous, a megastar - she is not humble. But God has the last laugh - this woman, so humble and ordinary is definitely superior in the singing of this song - there is no shallowness!! Shallow (an interesting word...) Some people just don't get it do they?

  • @HanorahDuggan Susan Boyle sings from genuine suffering, so you're implying that Madonna's never suffered? Her mother died when she was young, she was raped in New York and her ex husband tied her to a chair and beat her. But of course, because Madonna is more beautiful than Susan Boyle, her life has been ten times easier, right?

    And is it ALL about how much someone has suffered anyways? That sounds so emo. In the end, it's the talent that matters, and Madonna's voice is clearer in this song.

  • i love her . i love her . i love her !!!!!!!!!!

  • She has a good voice and more vocal range than Madonna, but she's only a singer. She doesn't write the songs. I don't think that she conveys the emotion and determination of the song nearly as well as Madonna as this song was written by Madonna for Madonna. There is more to being a great singer than having a wide vocal range. One must sell and deliver the song on an emotional level! Boyle's version is especially lacking after the 2nd verse. "You think that you are strong, but you are weak..."

  • @amourdeparis subo is the peoples singer,can sing any song or genre,just get used to the point that madonna is overrated

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  • This version is pretty good... But Madonna's version hands down is her best vocals EVER. I mean it's one of the last we get to hear Madonna's real voice W/OUT electronic enhanced vocals and she had just come off her vocal coaching from the Evita Soundtrack. The emotions in Madonna's voice were raw and real at the time of the original recording. The Spanish element in Madonna's version encompasses Madonna her love affair w/ Latino culture and the the men as well. You can't compare the 2.

  • Absolutely love this song whoever is singing it but Susan adds something very special.

  • Przy Madonnie jest śmieciem.

  • Cudownie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

  • Susan Boyle is amazing! I adore her, but on the other hand MADONNA is a legend, she's made amazing songs and talented people such as Susan and Sherly Bassy are doing her songs after her! She might not be as golden-throated as Susan or Whitney Huston but she has definitely made history and worked very hard to remain The Queen of Pop for 3 decades!

  • Susan has a great voice, but it's still missin something in this version, it's not so passionate like Madonna's version.

  • You've gotta be joking!!

  • Great voice, but Madonna sings it with more emotion

  • I disagree with Madonna singing it with more emotion. Madonna is a good actress, very experienced, well-versed, but is a pretty 'tough cookie' - she's been around, let's face it - talented, extremely cool, and a little hard...

    Susan is innocent, naiive, and has genuinely suffered! She has never known wealth, fame nor been on ego-trips. There's soul, and there's 'soul'....

  • @paulamaripike I disagree 100%, Madonna sings with more emotion hands down. this is a "pretty" vocal version. this is your mistake you're actually judging their personal life and not the actual vocals. susan especially lacks the 2nd verse is all the same wavelength very tame, Madonna brought the drama, the hurt, the emotion of a woman who decides to go on with her life... and this is song is all about being confident. Madonna HANDS DOWN

  • @TarantulaCandy the music in Madonna's version is more dramatic so she sounds more emotional.

  • 'All by myself' - Susan knows what that is... Madonna doesn't!! Susan's emotion comes from the heart of true experience!

  • Susan could sing "Happy Birthday" and I would be moved by it.

  • Of course Susan is technically the better singer, but I still like Madonna's version better. This is a little too "Dinner Theater"-esque.

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  • OMG! I always knew she had an incredible voice, but this just brought me to tears!

  • You tell 'em Susan!:) Great cover

  • Id like to share something i interpreted or even "vidualized" in certain parts of this song that I believe adds more impact to the power of it . If you listen @ the very start of song b4 vocals, then.56 secs in, then , 2 mins:26 -35 secs., then the VERY END of song you can almost picture a Tiger quietly lurking , prowling intent on pouncing . LISTEN CAREFULLY and picture it . Madonnas version is "weak" in comparison.More like a kitten , then a tiger &the IRONY of her words makes it powerfful.

  • I agree - excellent points! I believe Susan is inspired actually.. You never even see her taking a breath before singing her lungs out. How does she do it?

  • wonderful version of this song. you can't even tell it's a cover at all let alone a cover of madonna

  • Whilst Madonna sings the song beautifully and perfectly, Susan's version rings true! Did someone comment she lacks emotion in her singing compared to Madonna? Susan's voice rings with 'genuine' emotion! She does indeed "have truth on her side" and the purity of her voice echoes the purity of her heart and soul!

  • HEY PPL, dont forget to watch SUSAN on OPRAH this coming Tues. Jan 19th. She will be singing

    WHO I WAS BORN TO BE from her cd :

    I DREAMED A DREAM which is NUMBER ONE Globally ! Buy the cd if you havent yet. it is "Bloody fantastic", then you will see WHY it is Number one in the WORLD.

    WHO I WAS BORN TO BE is NOT a Cover, but an ORIGINAL written just for SUBO.

    Also check out Susan Boyle WINGS TO FLY a 13th track added to ONLY the JAPANESE Version of I DREAMED A DREAM. Simply amazing!

  • I think Susan is the best..His voice is supernatural..When I saw her casting..I could hardly avoid bursting into tears..

  • Sounds like Madonna when she's in good voice which is almost never. Love Madonna but her voice is not the best. Susan however is a natural, too bad she does not look commercial.

  • awesome for those who think they got over on somone

  • For some reason this song reminds me of the song "stand by your man" for some reason.

  • Mais elle débute bon sang ! Et c est déjà incroyable ce qui lui arrive !!! Cool !!!!

  • Madonna est TRES BIEN . Susan Boyles est TRES BIEN AUSSI . Il y a de la place POUR TOUT LE MONDE SUR CETTE TERRE. Une belle revanche sur la vie que cette petite femme dont tout le charme est d etre ingrate et sublime et adorable. Et qui a véhiculé autour de la planète des éléments de tolérance très bienvenus. Et meme chose pour Madonna qui a construit sa carrière à la force du poignet. Je les aime toutes les deux. Nul besoin de dire des choses méchantes comme fat et old.

  • @MBCHATON speak i dont understand

  • Un jour vous meme serez forcément OLD et peut être FAT !!! Alors dites je préfère Madonna et n ajoutez rien d autre de cruel et péjoratif de façon gratuite. Please "Open your heart..."

  • @MANriahcarey wow, couldnt you just leave it at madonnas version it better? why so nasty?

  • i went back to listen to madonnas version,... im sorry i preferr madonnas version. im not sorry though

  • I do like madonna´s version much better too, this one is a great version as well.

  • she has a really lovely voice ,.... she recorded an album of covers folks,...not 1 original??? madonn writes her own stuff

  • I hear that Madonna want it Susan to sing  this song.

  • Maonna been relying on great writers to collaberate with it and making it seem like shes the one behind it...shes been sucking the creativity out of people on the edge for years. Madonnas great-but with alot of help.

  • I like the vibration of her voice, that makes her unique, but she's trying too hard to imitate Madonna's tone in this song, she should stick to the angelic tone she used in Wild Horses

  • This is a far better version ! The ominous bass line meshes well perfectly with Susan Boyle's soprano. The guitar line emphasizes the desperation of the lyrics. She brings a new trembling intensity to it, perhaps because she understands rather more than Madonna about being sidelined and maligned.

  • Madonna's version of Madonna's song is so much better.

  • Correctly, but nothing more... Highly overrated.

  • it´s OK

  • can't stand for it...so damn good...

  • The incredible arrangement + Susan's powerful voice = perfect cover

  • Magnifique interprétation.

  • Yes, Susan is good....but let's not just dismiss Madonna as just a performer....the truth is Madonna gives this song one thing Susan cannot....EMOTION! Susan has a great voice, but she lacks the confidence to deliver a song with emotion and thats one thing a seasoned "performer" like madonna has plenty of.  If you doubt me, watch Madonna's version! I just wish Madonna would have had this arrangement.

  • I agree..........and Madonna has much more life experiences to prove it..........Susan has a great voice, but lacks that earthly experience....I would like to see her break her shell and watch out.......with that voice. she will conquer the world..............

  • I totally agree with you...very well said! She will be a force in the future

  • I disagree.  This is a much stronger recording of the song. Clearer. Stronger voice. Better arrangement. If you listen and do not watch, I think you would vote for Susan.

  • Susan Boyle has had more hurt than Madonna could imagine.

  • @colechiefcole SO TRUE! I think this song actually matches her life more than Madonna's.

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  • @colechiefcole WRONG, Madonna lost her Mother at a very young age, don't think susan did. you're just talking out of ur ass, thumbs down.

  • susan tiene todo

  • pues tendra a lo mejor mas voz que madonna, pero madonna tiene ese algo que susan no tiene...ni tendra que la hace especial por mas que digan muchos...

  • yes gerry ... of course is better then Madonna. This is a singer , Madonna is a great performance , THE QUEEN of pop music. The only one. What Madonna can do , susan cannot. What Susan can sing , Madonna cannot. They're differents emotional artistis :)

  • i love this version - it is on my ipod 4 times!! Susan u go girl!!!

  • es mejor que madonna

  • It requires some talent to make people like this version while having in mind Madonna's beautiful video rendition, and beautiful looks.

    What an achievement!

  • Oh please stop the hate and enjoy the song, i dont know why youtube allows stupid people to write stuff here, its stupid., keep it to ur selfs, I'm a Madonna fan (I love her to death) and i also happen to love Susan and her amazing voice, she did great, not better not worse just different, well done Susan, love ur new music!

  • I'm so excited for Susan to finally be able to see her dream become a reality. I was happily surprised with the some of the song selections. Well done!!

  • Susan ha una voce che ti fa viaggiare e sognare..niente che Madonna possa fare..

  • 3 words: Better than Madonna.

  • @gerry1976 one word: WRONG!

  • I love Madonna... and this version is simply amazing!!!

    susan boyle rules!!!!!

  • good on ya, Susan. Any fan of Madonna's has my support.

  • Afraid to say Madonna sings this way better!

  • I think this recording isn't a very good example of Susan's voice. She sounds a bit shakey in this.

    As far as looks are concerned... Who really cares? But to be honest, Susan is not uglier than Madonna. She just wears less make-up and has had no reconstructive surgery...

  • @mark1221976 I agree!

  • Anyone whom is dissing Susans singing as "average 'or "ok",:

    1)the AUDIO on this is only 2nd rate. The CD sounds much cleaner so pls dont judge according to THIS audio-listn 2 the CD 1st,with STUDIO sound. 2nd ,YT SUSAN BOYLE WINGS TO FLY .

    Its a 13th track on the JAPANESE edition of IDAD-only available thru JAPAN. BUT please comment on that site of WINGS TO FLY if YOU believe that song'll be another BLOCKBUSTER like : MY HEART WILL GO ON" The more names , bettr chances of releasing wrldwide.

  • FUCHI, !!! i prefer thousand times MADONNA!!!

  • Susan is BETTER than Madonna (who would manage the computer voice) Susan sings like the great singers

  • She sing`s like an angel..

  • omg I <3 this song.. how random that Susie B. chose to cover it :)

  • DhiscoStu..... I truly doubt the choice to sing this song was random. I imagine her picturing every schoolyard bully and every poprazziwho ever harrassed her while she sings.

  • Well done Susan. You did this 10X better than Madonna

  • I like her.She has an amazing voice.And what surprises me is that Madonna's version is much better.Madonna's voice in this song is flawless, simply perfect.This version is too...opera like:(

  • hemuroid....it's called personall taste

  • Listening to the album in my car all the time just now...luv it....turn this song up loud and listen to it...very powerful...same with Proud...luv that one too xx covers or not who cares....she did a fab job for her first album...well done Susan xx

  • Susan is better than Madonna !!!

  • madonna is much better than susan

  • Please...the only reason that Madonna is so famous is because she is a great dancer. But she's not much of a vocalist compared to Susan Boyle...give me a break.

  • @zucchini2007 And she's not that great a dancer. haha, but I love her, I don't know why I'm complaining

  • madonna sings it better, she wrote this song and maybe that's why her version has more feeling!

  • BRILLIANT!  ******

  • Flawless.....talent over beauty and youth any day. Susan Boyle is the true definition of BEAUTY.

  • too much vibrato, otherwise it's nice.

  • this is my favourite although i love the most of them .She is class and would excel in any song she chose to sing.

  • i prefer Madonna's original version. But nonetheless, Susan's rendition is fantastic

  • In your face "american idol!".........She is poseing as Simon did when he did not believe she could do it!..You go Susan!

  • Madonna, Shirly Bassey or SueBo? They have each sang this song.

  • I love SB and I appreciate that he took a song from Madonna's repertoire which I consider one of the biggest singers and stars in the world.

    SB makes a beautiful and different version as we know very well. May be having different voices They can share the stage and sing the song together.

  • This is the best version.. Susan Boyle is an diamond that has come to the right place.. I think its unfair how so many people in England make fun of her.. You are just jelouse..

  • Wow, you're SO cool how you drop the N word and use curse words. Wow, I bet you're the coolest kid in school, aren't you? Idiot.

  • Bellissima voce!

  • Does she have original songs on her album? just wondering :)

  • She has one called Who I Was Born To Be.

  • Thats what i was wondering, she does covers and i was listening to this album and theyre all covers

  • @PRchica101 they are not all covers. Not sure what CD you are listening to but " Who I was born to be " is an original that was written for Susan. Michael Buble also has recorded this. Nothing wrong with good "Covers" of good songs. I do wish she had more original songs on it though. Also wish she had done a christmas CD

  • I was listening to that album I dreamed a Dream, most of them are covers on that cd. I wish she would of written or did more original songs too

  • So are you satisfied with Susan's debut album? Have you already listened to the entire CD? I ask because I am thinking of buying it but am not sure if it will be worth my money. I mean, Susan is a very good singer...but I don't know about this album.

  • @zucchini2007 This song alone is epic

  • I liked it. I mean its all balads and i listened to it like either in the car or when i was like feeling relaxed. Its very pretty. I was also skeptical about it at first but it is nice

  • PRchica101.......Susan Boyle is NOT a songwriter

  • dude no shit but you know that a lot of artists have a song writer and yes a lot are covers, a cover is a song that you sing that someone else wrote. Oh and btw i am chill, youre the one with all the YELLING

  • PRchica I KNOW what a cover is

  • PRchica101.....For one they are NOT all covers and fpr 2 I think they put together AND recorded this CD in like 4 months.CHILL

  • i prefear the medonna's version, i mean susan is a very good singer, but she doesn't give me emotion, anyway very very good version, and please stop saying madonna can't sing, otherwise she wouldn't be the queen of pop

  • This is a BEAUTIFUL rendition of an already beautiful rendition of this song. Susan is a lovely woman who has 'seasoned' her talent over the years in private only to come out of the gate a raging bull. Madonna is under-rated as a dramatic vocalist. She is uber-classy when she chooses to be and cannot be discredited for her performance in Evita or her many 'non-pop' videos that show her true range. Madonna has it in her to be so much more than a 'pop' star.

  • I agree wholeheartedly.

  • One more thing, this is a Madonna song, she wrote it with David Foster. David Foster himself said Madonna is vastly underrated as a vocalist( in his new book). Madonna did a live, in the studio version of this song called "Veras". It is on Youtube. Check it out. Anyway, it doesn't take away that Susan does an admirable rendition of this wonderful song.

  • You Madonna Worshippers do realize that Madonna can't sing!? When she sings at award shows, all of the performers laugh at her. She never meants to be a singer, she was a dancer. Susan Boyle is a natural singer and she is NOT UGLY. I'd like to see some of your mugs on here. Then again maybe not, you'll break the camera.